Central Asia

Kazakhstan plans to cut the quote for labor force twice in 2009 in order to protect the domestic labor market, announced Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan Berdibek Saparbaev.

The Uzbek government and Russian natural gas giant Gazprom plan to negotiate in 2009-2011 an upgrade of the Central Asia-Center gas pipeline system.

Turkey and Turkmenistan decided to organize a joint archaeological expedition to search for a burial place of the legendary Alp Arslan, second Great Seljuk Sultan, who was buried next to his farther Sultan Chagrylbek's grave in Merv in the territory of Turkmenistan.

New list of officials for Ministers’ Chairs in Kyrgyzstan, that released their posts on January 23, 2009, is already approved, parliament’s sources informed the news agency “24.kg”.

Negotiations of the Uzbek President Islam Karimov and Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev with the participation of official delegations of Uzbekistan and Russia wrapped up at Oqsaroy residence.

Today at a joint business forum in Delhi Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kazakh President called Indian businessmen to invest in Kazakhstan. In particular, he talked about investments in IT-technologies, pharmacy, metallurgy, chemical industry and agriculture.

On 23 January, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the first deputy foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Andrey Denisov, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit.

Explanation of Kazakhstan’s new Tax Code main provisions is the aim of a seminar being held in Capital’s Congress Hall at present.

State Property Committee of Uzbekistan in cooperation with Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice is working on development of law "On privatization of state property".

Volume of capital investments in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan overtopped 4.2 billion soms in 2008, spokesman of the region’s governor told the news agency “24.kg”.